Why study mathematics? - Bruce Lee would be proud

Interestingly, as a fighting associated with the Nunchaku weapon, oak octagonal sticks, especially from a short chain or rope, which were immortalized by Bruce Lee in his famous martial arts film, "Enter the 'Dragon, and --- parametric mathematical equations - could be so beautiful together. And 'as if the mathematics has no preference for pop music with his head in all sorts of seemingly unrelated fields. Read on and see how the nunchaku and mathematics are used.

In aPrevious article entitled "Why study mathematics? - parametric equations," I think about how this elegant equations, some exotic curves, which describe only talked to the variables X and Y can not be expressed so easily. So we talked about the cycloid, and which are easily described by two parametric equations x = a (t - sint) y = (1 - cost). If you try to delete the parameter and press the curve only in terms of X and Y, I think you will find this an insurmountable task. Itried it and soon found myself in a deep well in quicksand. Rather, the parametric equations stick.

Well, as parametric equations, and mathematics with Bruce Lee and the art of nunchakudo would take? So, first, as a master of martial arts and in particular the art of using the Nunchuk, is called nunchakudo, Bruce Lee was able to produce beautiful kata or forms, with the Nunchuk weapon. When performing this kata, Lee, an expert or nunchakudoka (martial artsis an expert on the Nunchuk), these waves would be strange sticks wave patterns and scrolls are described in detail by some beautiful mathematical curve known as Lissajous them the same name, after the mathematician who studied French.

The Lissajous are given parametrically by x = A sin [(a) + d], [B y = sin (bt)]. The curves range from a simple sideways figure eight as if A = 1, B = 2 and = pi / 2 (pi about 3.14) are complex boomerang faces numbers.Now, these curves nunchakudo back, it seems that when you practice with these clubs, the expert who is in models, the full swing, the various curves of Lissajous. When the doctor becomes more experienced and more, he or she can detect more complicated Lissajous curves and do it with serenity, art, and balance. Well, kind of like a real life example of where mathematics comes into play in the world!

The next time I see a martial arts movie "Enter the Dragon" andwe shall see in a nice swing nunchuk, remember that there are a number of parametric equations that describe the movement of Chuks beautiful and elegant displays. In fact, Bruce Lee would be proud to know that someone understood his art in this way.